Rain ready to launch business products — but TV stations need to climb out of its spectrum
Rain is trialling new products and packages for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). However, it can't launch until South African broadcasters switch off their analogue TV signals.
"Rain will bring a...
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SABC must explain how it's going to make money — besides TV licences
Communications minister, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has given the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) until 30 June 2022 to explain how it plans on generating more revenue.
She also said her department is working with...
Digital TV in South Africa nearly 11 years late
South Africa's digital migration is nearly 11 years behind schedule, with the government missing its initial November 2011 deadline and our commitment to the International Telecommunications Union of 17 July 2015.
Digital migration is the process...
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SABC wants to inspect Sentech's digital decoder installations
The SABC is appointing independent inspectors to double-check the number and quality of government-subsidised set-top-box installations around the country, The Sunday Times reports.
The publication spotted the broadcaster's tender...
High Court rules to delay analogue TV switch-off
The Pretoria High Court has ruled that South Africa must delay switching off old analogue TV broadcasts from 31 March to 30 June 2022.
While technically a victory for E-tv owner eMedia against communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, it is...
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vodacom
Full analogue TV switch-off delayed
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has effectively delayed the complete switch-off of analogue TV with the announcement of a “transition period”.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has set the switch-off date for 31...
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spectrum auction
SABC wants South Africa's analogue TV switch-off delayed — and the minister is having none of it
The SABC wants to delay the digital migration process as the rollout of decoder-like digital set-top-boxes has been too slow.
According to the SABC, it still supports the digital migration but...
South Africa is switching off analogue TV — final date announced
South Africa will finish its migration to digital terrestrial television and switch off its analogue TV signals on 31 March 2022.
The switch-off will free critical wireless network capacity that mobile operators want to expand...
Second province in South Africa switches off analogue TV
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni oversaw the switch-off of the last analogue TV transmitter in the Northern Cape today.
The successful migration from analogue to digital television means that Northern Cape (and Free State)...
We can shut off E-tv's old TV signal in two months — Minister
Sentech switched off all 84 of M-Net’s old analogue terrestrial television sites in two months, and the state-owned signal distributor can shut down E-tv’s remaining transmitters in the same amount of time.
This is according to...
First province in South Africa completes analogue TV switch-off
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshaveni says the Free State has become the first South African province to switch off its analogue television transmitters completely.
That means that residents in the province now require a...
60,000 free digital TV decoders have homes
Nearly 60,000 households have applied for government-subsidised digital terrestrial television set-top boxes, the Post Office has said.
Good news for digital TV in South Africa
Following more than a decade of delays, South Africa's digital migration is set to be completed in the next four months.
This plan was revealed by the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, during a recent update on...
How to get your hands on a free digital TV decoder
South Africans who want to watch the SABC and eTV’s free-to-air channels can get a free digital decoder from the government to access these channels once analogue broadcasts have been switched off.
The SABC recently started displaying a...
I've got a few LCD TVs but don't think that any of them have a digital TV tuner that can pick up DVB-T2, but do have USB and HDMI ports.
When the analogue to digital switchover finally happens here in South Africa, I'm not looking forward to having to buy a separate set top box for each TV...
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ministry of telecommunications and postal services
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neotel
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universal service and access agency of south africa (usaasa)
universal services and access fund (usaf)
vodacom
Digital TV decoder subsidy details published
Signs of movement around South Africa’s migration to digital terrestrial television are welcomed, the DA said
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universal service and access agency of south africa (usaasa)
Digital TV costing tax payers another R620 million
South Africa’s perpetually postponed migration to digital TV continues to cost Treasury hundreds of millions
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digitalterrestrialtelevision (dtt)
jacob zuma
mariann shinn
ministry of telecommunications and postal services
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